THE BUS OF MEMORIES
A BUS FULL OF ELDERLY FOLK
PASSED ME BY ONE DAY
AND I SAW MYSELF IN THE FUTURE
LOOKING OLDER THAN TODAY
WHERE DO ALL THE YOUNG YEARS GO
WHY DOES THIS LIFE GO SO FAST
THANK GOD WE HAVE GREAT MEMORIES
OF GOOD TIMES AND PEOPLE IN OUR PAST
THE MANY PLACES WE HAVE BEEN
AND THE MANY PEOPLE WE MET
WE WERE ALWAYS WELL LIKED
AND NEVER LOST A FRIEND YET
THE ICE COLD TRIPS TAE PORTOBELLO BATHS
AND THE RUNS DOON TAE SALTCOATS COAST
ARE ALL A TREASURED MEMORY
OF OUR OLD YOUNG FRIENDS WE LOVE THE MOST
THEN LONGER TRIPS DOON TAE BLACKPOOL
LOOKING FOR THAT ELUSIVE POT OF GOLD
BUT WE WOULD ALWAYS END UP SKINT
AND WHAT GOOD'S A LOT 0' MONEY WHEN YOU ARE OLD
SO AM GONNY GROW OLD GRACEFULLY
AND TAKE IT EASY FROM NOW ON
AND TREASURE EVERY SINGLE DAY
FOR WHEN THEY'RE GONE THEY'RE GONE
SO TAKE ME BACK ON THE BUS OF MEMORIES
TO THE STREAMERS AND THE WINKING EYES
IT SURE IS NICE TAE GET AWAY
BUT EVEN BETTER WHEN IT'S A SURPRISE
Tam Craven
from his book "Bonnie Scotland"
www.insideasnowdrop.com